Improvement in gates



To all 'whom it may concern ing gates. Y i l A A' represent two posts, mortised at their lowerv ends into the sill B.

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:11mm Patent No. 100,759, dma Maat 15,1870.

IMPROVEMENT nv GATES.

The Schedule tetex-reni to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same` B it Vknown thatl, JAMES HAYS, of Fostoria, in the county of Seneca, and State of Ohio, have invented -certain new and useful Improvements in Gates; and

I do hereby declare that the following is a fnll, clear, and exact description thereof', reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart' of Ythis specifi- `cation, in which the figure in the annexed drawing represents a perspective view'of the gate and gate# c posts.

The nature of m`y invention consists in the construction of certain devices, hereinafter described, for clos- G designates the gateframe, consisting of thebars `d d, connected by the uprights c c".

Tothetop of p ost 'A is attached the semicircular i i cap'D, which is made to taper from `the back to the c front side of gate-post A, the top of said post, on which D rests,`being ,made to taperl at the saine angle with D c, Gr represents a metal rod, the lower end of which is attached to upright e, and also hinged to post A. 'Thc` `rod G will extend upward, andafter passing through" an eye ouupright e, will also pass through the semi# circular cap D,`and at a suitable distance above D will be curved, and extend downward to near the surface of D. The descending end is bifurcated to receive'the wheel or roller Hfthe axle of which will rest in said bifurcations. l

In operating my gate, it will be seen that in the act of opening it, the roller H will ascend to the rear and highest side of capD, and in doing so 'will elevate'thev gate above its proper position, so that when the force is removed from the gate, the tendency of the roller H to descend the incline of cap D will immediately close the gate'.

'Having thus described my invention,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patd rlhe curved rod-@provided with roller H, in com-- hinat-ion with the gate and cam-shaped block D, when the rod G is attached to and receivesfits .motion from the gate, substantially' as set forth.

In testimony that IAclaim the foregoing as my own, c' I aiifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Y JAMES HAYS. \Vitnesses: l l

lnnononn WERER,

l THOMAS S.` GREEN. 

